Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987)

Original title

Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends

Directed by

Art Wolff

Genre

comedy

Country

United States

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Magicians Penn and Teller teach the viewer seven pranks or tricks to play on their friends. The tricks are designed to be done using a videotape. The program is a companion to their book of the same name.

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What happens

Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends is a 1987 direct-to-video program hosted by magicians Penn & Teller. Produced by The Mofo Video Corp. and released by Lorimar Home Video, the tape features seven different swindles or tricks that the home viewer can use to fool their friends. The tape was a companion piece to their best-selling book of the same name, released two years later. All of the tricks involve using a portion of the videotape. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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